The Big Three - Aunts Joey, Dottie, and Betty
Jennie and Dennis - on her 65th birthday!!! Grayson enjoyed EddieMack and Joyce's discussion of their children!

The Brooks family with Aunt Joey

Fran with her four children

Chris keeps getting older and Lori and Kaylie keep getting prettier.

More of the Brooks family

More of the Goodmans

Edie Mack and Joyce - he is setting the record straight.

This is all of the Goodmans in attendance.

Shelly and family

More of Jennie Lee's family

Maria and Missy's families

Big Ed and Sister - they are going to be grand parents for the third time in December!

Jim highlighting Raymond and his family

And now we have Jamie and Dallas' families

Bubba and Jennie Ree

Sarah and her family

Peggy and Dwayne

Sarah and Ed

Please note the Clemson and The Citadel shirts. Also please note these three handsome young men - all aging very gracefully.

Aunt Betty with Peggy and Gary

Beauty and a beast

Jan with her best husband and then with Joyce.

Shelia with cousin Jamie

Two pretty little girls

Dennis , Mike and Clara

Kaylie has one more year in dental school at MUSC

Mother Margie and her little big guy Johnathan

The proud parents of the new baby girl Gracen - Connie and Jamie

Fourth of July Brevard, NC Celebration - 2011

Here we are in Brevard at the Fourth of July Celebration. There are about 300 classic cars on display. We picked a nice Ford pickup to stand in front of.
We were trying to get a waitress's attention. The place was crowded. Eddie Mack and Joyce were in fine feathers.

They choose the Ford car.

Jan liked the flames on this one.

Another look at one of the cars. The next five pictures show what a large crowd was in Brevard for the fourth!

We had a great time in Brevard!!

Worship and Music Conference July 2011

Our cottage at Montreat. It was 218 Tennessee - Halfway Home.
The back side of the house.

This is the communion table with one of the large banners in the background.

The theme of this year's Worship and Music conference was " One In Christ, A Vision of Unity". This is a close up of the communion table on Friday. Each day the focus on the table was changed to reflect the theme of the pastor's sermon.

This is wonderful Annie Roper.

And here is Mrs March Moody.

At the lunch table - March, Annie and Debrorah.

And here are Alex, Taylor and John.

And at the end of the table are John, Merri(Sandra's daughter), and Sandra.

Taylor's and Debrorah's reaction when I asked them to wash the dishes!!!

Jane needed some attention. She was missing Frank.

Debrorah and Alex getting ready for the ride home on Saturday.

Jane had a great week. There is a strange creature climbing into her car!

The wonderful Moody family.

Grayson with his two girl friends about to leave for home.

Arts X Society Progressive Dinner

On June 23, 2011 we gathered at the Chapman Cultural Center for the Arts X Society Progressive Dinner. We started in the Science Center with drinks and snacks. We had been invited by Paige and Trey Rousey. We met a few snakes. We then went to the dance center. The director talked about all the programs that the center offered. There were lots more wine and goodies to snack on. We then went to the stage of the auditorium for dinner. Jan and I had the fried chicken breast with grits. The meal was outstanding. From there we went to the History Museum. It is an excellent museum. From there we journeyed to the Art Museum. Coffee and dessert and several artist were there. At 930pm the old folks called it a night and left it to the young ones. It was a wonderful evening.

Paige and Trey had invited us to join them for the dinner.
Trey with the Science Director and Herman the snake.

Jan with her "first husband. He was a bear of a man.

Grayson could not figure out how to rotate the picture. Jan's first husband is a lot bigger than Grayson.

Please note that the tie is the same color as the snake!!!!

Jan and Katherine - best of friends.

Katherine and Bert had returned from their 4 week vacation trip at 500pm and were at the Chapman Cultural Center at 630pm. They were a little tired.

These six young ladies performed for us as a part of the entertainment.

The Dance Director was teaching us a new Line Dance.

Aimee's Baby shower - June 18, 2011

This is who the shower is all about, Ms. Stella Grayce Goodman. She is due to arrive on the scene by August 2, 2011.

This is the home of Lisa and Joe Savage where the shower was held.
I don't know what Aimee and Jan were smiling about.

Aimee's dad, Joe, had had too much excitement. He needed his Saturday afternoon nap.

The two grandmothers looking over the nice gifts.

Matthew and Mom packing up the gifts.

Jan is ready for this new granddaughter to arrive.

Some of the guests.

More family of Aimee's.

Another pretty little girl.

Mom advising Aimee!

A close up of the other picture.

The mom and dad to be!!!

A friend of Matt and Aimeee, Crystal.

This is the required picture of Grayson to prove that he is still alive and well.

Anniversary #33 - June 3, 2011

We celebrated our 33rd anniversary with a weekend trip to Highlands, NC on June 3. Again, I left the camera at home. We stayed at the Mountain Top Lodge on Main Street. We could walk to all the shops. We did some Christmas shopping. We actually bought 8 gifts. We had lunch at a nice deli. We then read our books, sitting outside, looking at the mountains. We had wine & cheese at 400pm. Then we listened to a folk singer downtown for about 1.5 hours. Dinner was at The Bistro. Had a great meal. On Saturday we went riding and saw 3 water falls. We also toured a new art gallery, The Bascom, the Nature Center, and the Botanical Gardens. After lunch, we shopped and then finished the afternoon reading. We managed to eat three ice gream cones over the weekend. We left for home on Sunday morning. Last year we went to Savannah. In the past we have also gone to Chattanoga and Banner Elk to celebrate our anniversary. Life is good.